Institutional & Operational Audits

Analysis of key operations: Admissions, Business/Finance and Development/Advancement — EC provides a full-scale audit of these offices; offers help to operations in need of assistance; or helps with start-up offices where such operations do not currently exist.

Admissions: analysis of organizational structure and staffing; marketing and communications; statistical history and benchmarking; and candidate processing to ensure effective enrollment management

Development: analysis of organizational structure and staffing; feasibility studies for campaigns; campaign counsel; benchmarking for cost-effectiveness

Business/Finance: creation of 3-5 year financial plans; analysis of costs of new initiatives identified through strategic planning; analysis of capital campaign costs; benchmarking key operations with peer groups

Clients we have assisted recently with Institutional and Operational Audits include:

Academy of the Holy Angels (NJ) Development Audit
Far Hills Country Day School (NJ) Diversity Study
First Presbyterian Church Nursery School (NY) Financial Benchmarking
Laguna Blanca School (CA) Management Audit
Lancaster Country Day School (PA) Development Audit
Linden Hall School for Girls (PA) Admissions Audit
Middleburg Academy (VA) Operational Audit
St. Mark’s Episcopal School (FL) Admissions Audit/Financial Planning
United Nations International School (NY) Admissions Audit for Queens Campus
Wooster School (CT) Compensation and Benefits Study; Development Audit